As I was writing my next System Overview article, I found myself asking the question "What in the world were they thinking?" when looking at some of the console designs in my Room of Doom. Some are very unique and others are just plain elephant-man ugly. With that image in mind, who will take the home coveted Joseph Merrick Award for worst-looking video game console? The contenders:

Magnavox Odyssey 2

Just what I need - 15 millionkeys to play a game.

Amstrad GX 4000

Space-age design or just a cheap rip-offof the Land Speeder from Star Wars?

The 5200 is huge and a beast - but nothing under the hood demands that kind of casing. The GameCube - let me think... a square box - now that is something dramatic. Nintendo should have released a 2nd version of this system like the Panasonic Q - now that is cool!

Gakken and the RCA are by far the ugliest ones up there.Personally, I have never liked how the PS2 looks. It looks like a damn scanner. The original Playstation was by far their best design and captain_nintendo's comparison of the PS3 to the Grill is just hilarious.

I agree that the Xbox might need to be up there as well - it just missed the cut (8 was the magic number). I do not find the GX4000 offensive, but I included it since it is definitely unique and has a love/hate appeal.

Tondog has a great PS3 YouTube feed to the PS3 performing it's George Foreman grill function.

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